M5U2 The Environment词汇学习1. economy n. 经济, 节约, 理财 economic adj. 经济上的; 经济学的economic depression 经济衰退 economical adj. 节俭的, 合算的, 经济的economically adv. 节约地, 节省地 economics n. 经济学 economist n. 经济学者, 经济家n. +-ic/icaladj. economy(n. )+-iceconomic(adj. )经济的【类记】electricity(n. )电_(adj. )电的science(n. )科学_(adj. )科学的medicine(n. )医学_(adj. )医学的Electric scientific medical2.(1) debate on/over/about sth. 关于某事的讨论(2)under debate 正在讨论中我和约翰辩论了这个问题。I _the question. debate with sb upon/about(3) debate +从句Scientists were debating whether an asteroid was about to hit the Earth. 3.open the floor 自由发言 have/get/obtain the floor 有/取得发言权take the floor 上台发言Then we will open the floor for discussion. 之后我们将展开自由讨论。 4. flow vi. 流, 流动; 流畅地进行n. 流动; 连贯Rivers flow into the sea. Water flows to the lowest level. 泪从他眼里流出Traffic s along the street all day.街上的来往车辆整天川流不息n(U)the of a river河水的流动 a of conversation 滔滔不绝的谈话3.a sense of duty on/off duty 值班/下班(值勤/不值勤)It is sbs duty to do sth. 做某事是某人的责任He did his work out of a sense of duty. 他出于责任感而工作。It is our duty to defend our country. 保卫国家是我们的义务。As the busiest woman in Norton, she made it her duty to look after all the other peoples affairs in that town.4. cut back（on）减少，削减，缩减 =cut down on to cut back on spending 削减开支拓展：If we dont sell more well have to cut back production.They cut down the big tree. 他们把这棵大树砍倒了。Dont cut in when others are talking. 别人说话时别插话。We were cut off in the middle of our telephone conversation. 我们在电话里谈话谈了一半就被切断了。You should cut out the unimportant details. 你应当删除这些不重要的细节。【归纳拓展】cut away割掉; 砍去cut down 砍倒, 减少cut in 插嘴, 超车cut off 中断; 剪下, 切断, 断绝cut out 切去, 剪去, 删除cut up 切碎5. production n. 生产; 制作 produce v. 生产,; 创作; 制造; 生育producer n. 生产者 product n. 产品, 结果 productive adj. 生产的; 多产的7. recycle v. 使再循环, 再制, 再利用recyclable adj. 可再循环的; 可回收利用的 recycling n. 回收; 回收利用6. greedy adj. 贪吃的贪婪的 greed n. 贪欲, 贪婪 Greedy folks have long arms. (谚语)心贪手长。7. responsibility n.责任,职责,义务 for,of,toa sense of 责任感 take responsibility for. 承担。的责任take on responsibilityresponsible adj. 需负责任的(+for/to) ；作为原因(+for)；可信赖的She is my child, and I am responsible for her. 她是我的孩子,我对她负责。Bad weather is responsible for the poor crop. 坏天气是收成不好的原因。 a responsible person 一个有责任心的人。 responsibly adv. 负责地; 有鉴别力地, 能明辨是非地; 有责任感地8. belief n. 看法; 信念(1)beyond(ones)belief难以置信in the belief that 相信it is sb. s belief that 某人相信The story of his miseries is beyond my belief. 他的悲惨身世令我难以置信。(2)believe v. 相信believe it or not 信不信由你9. environment n. 环境, 围绕, 外界social 社会环境ones home 家庭环境 the 自然环境protect/preserve the environment保护环境 environmental protection 环境保护environmental adj. 环境的; 有关环境的environmentalism n. 环境保护论; 环境论environmentalist n. 环境保护论者; 环境论者10. operate v.The machine is not operating properly. His company operates in several countries. The medicine d quickly (on me).The surgeon operated on her for a tumor. He had his nose d on.他接受鼻子的手术Elevators are d by electricity.电梯是用电操纵的 a coal mine经营煤矿【归纳拓展】(1)operate on 给动手术; 对起作用(2)operation n. 经营; 手术bring/put into operation 实施, 使生效come/go into operation 开始工作, 开始生效(3)operator n. 操作员, 话务员(4)operating adj. 操作的;外科手术的operating room /table /system 11. credit n. 赞扬, 称赞, 认可; 信用, 信誉; 学分to ones credit值得赞扬; 为某人增光; 为带来荣誉To their credit, the four countries do work together in some areas. 12. a large/small quantity of. . . 大量/少量的quantities of 大量的, 大批的in quantity 大量地, 很多巧辨quantity和qualityNow many companies are more concerned with quality than with quantity. 现在很多公司对质量比对产量更重视。large numbers of 大量的（复名）a large number of = large amounts of= large quantities of = a lot of = lots of复名The number of 的数量 单数A number of 许多，大量 复数13. willing adj. 愿意的, 乐意的The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Id like to buy your house if you are willing to sell it. Nothing is easy to the unwilling. 14. use up 用尽；吃完 【归纳拓展】 make use of利用; 使用be in use 在使用中come into use 开始被使用its no use doing sth. 做某事是无用的We must make use of our spare time. The new car will come into use next month. He has used up all his energy他已精疲力尽了。The petrol had nearly been used up. 汽油几乎用光了与run out， run out of做个比较：Wed just reached the motorway when the petrol ran out我们刚开到高速公路上，汽油就耗完了。*My patience is running out 我快失去耐心了。*The car ran out of petrol after ten miles这辆小汽车跑了10英里就没油了。runoutof是及物动词短语,表示主动意义,主语一般是人runout是不及物动词短语,其主语通常为时间、食物、金钱等名